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Shifnal
What it's like at TF11 8PD: every home that has sold on the street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Shifnal, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 237k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Barn Road Jct, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 891); 2 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (14 by car).
The nearest primary school is Shifnal Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 72% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Idsall School, under 50 m away; Attainment 8: 41 · 6.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Newport Girls' High School Academy (10 km) and Haberdashers' Adams (10.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Operative Group Food, 400 m away; Mabuhay Oriental Shop (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shifnal & Priorslee Medical Practice (500 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Black Orchid is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Princess Royal Hospital, 11 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 43% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 19 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Shifnal Town Football Club is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Shifnal Town Sports Bar the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 58 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 110 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 40% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 227 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Stone Road Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Places Gym (4.7 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Birmingham is 48 km away.
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
19 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
The Wrekin constituency: Mark Pritchard MP (Conservative), since May 2005. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 883 (1.8%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 33%, Labour 31%, Reform UK 20%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
7 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near TF11 8PD →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 2.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.0% | 70.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.8% | 18.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.7% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Wallasey · about 87 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 48 min
Nearest: Dudley Zoo · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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